Carry bag



Oct. 27, 1925.

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Patented et.` 27, 1925. I

A UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES P. KLEEBAUER,'0F COHOES, AND ROBERT M. LACKEY, 0F

NEW YORK.

WATERFORD;

' CARRY BAG.

Application led June 23, 1921. Serial No. 479,768.

To all whom z't may concern.'

Be it known that we, CHARLES P. KLEE- BAUER and ROBERT M. LACKEY, citizens of the United- States, and residents, respectively, of Cohoes, county of Albany, and State of New York, and Waterford, county of Saratoga, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carry Bags, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the avoid accidental releasing-of the closing fla of a bag of the character ment1one to strengthen the construction of the closing members of said bag; and to increase the efficiency.. and desirability of -the article mentioned.

l Drawings: y

Figure 1 isa sideview of a bag of the characterv mentioned, .constructed and ar` ranged in accordance with the present invention, and shown as in its closed servi'ceposition.

Figure 2 is a similar view, the bag being shown in its open osition.

Figure 3. is a etail view, showing the strip 'of which the reinforcing patches with which the bag is provided are cut.

Description The present invention is more particularly an improvement upon the construction of the linger bag envelope for which Patent No. 1,291,024, was granted to Charles P. Kleebauer, the 14th day of January, 1919.

-As set forth in the patent referred to, re-

inforcing material is adhered to coordinated parts of the envelope, said reinforcing members being severed the one from the other at the time of separating the material from which separate and distinct envelopes ,or bags are formed. While in Figure 3 of the drawings'we have shown lines of severance, and the finger holes with which the patch is ultimately provided, it will be understood that when the strip is attached to the material from which the bag isv constructed, it is not 4so severed or punched. Thesevering of the strip toform the different operating members with which it is provided, and the punchingof the hole for the finger of the person'carrying the bag are all performed when the strip is adhered to the envelope, the envelope being also severed in conformity therewith.

`In Figure 3 of the drawings `is shown a series of reinforcing patches 8. The patches 8 when adhered to the web of paper lof which the envelope is formed, are severed" along the line 9 in correspondence with the shapes of the edges 10 and 11 'ofthe back Y 12 and fiap 13 respectively. 'It will be understood that when the web is cut the edge 10 of each evnelope or bagisat` theopposite extremit ofthat portion of the web forming the lia of the flap. Hencel it will be. understood that the portion of each patch forming-the handle 14 and the clip lug 15 was initially integral with oneI of the patches having the Abarbed head 16 and the slit -17' forming a part of another envelope or bag, and different from the patch with which it is in service associated.

As vseen best in Figure 2 of the drawings, in their inactive disposition the flaps 13l are preferably outstretched with the Ahandle 14 protected thereby. The clip lug 15 and the barbed head 16 are likewise flush with the parts with which they are associated, and thereby protected against abrasive damage.

When the bags have been filled, the iaps 13 are folded, bending on the line 18, leav-l ing the handle 14 upstanding in'its original position. When the handle 14 is thus separated from the body of the bag, an

opening is formed therein` bounded by the edge 19. The opening thus formed registers in part with the barbed head 16, while the clip lug 15 registers with the slit 17. The flap 13 and the reinforcing patch associated therewith are bent or bowed to permitthe clip lug 15 to enter the slit 17. The slit 17 is disposed as shown best in Figure 1 of the drawings in closer relation to the edge 18 than the end of the said cli a lug. To admitthe lug 15 withinthe s it 17, the said lug is partly severed from the flap 13 by g removed from the edge l11' the side cuts 20. The edges of the cuts 20'- associated with the flap 13 form portions of the said -fiap extendingbeyond the slit for engaging the material from which the slit is cut to restrain the lug from withdrawal from the said slit.l Y y l A further deterrent preventing the withdrawal of the lu froxn'the slit isthebarbed head 16. As siown best in Figure 1v of the drawings, the barbed heady 16 is drawn through the opening in the ap13, bounded by the edge 19,-and that in this position the lateral extensions. of the barbed head 16 overhang or lap the areas of the flap 13 adjacent the said opening therein.

When drawing the head 16 through the opening in the fiap 13, the head 16 is en-` gaged by the finger of the operator which ,partially extends through the finger hole in the handle 14. To assistin this operation the head 16 is so cut as to form a margin 21 that extends above the adjacent edge of the handle 14. The margin 21 resting thus clear ,of the edge of the` linger hole, the said mar- .the edge 19 of the openings in the flap 13 in line with the lug and slit 17, and in relatively close disposition thereto. lFrom this it is obvious it is difficult vor impossible, without marring the envelope, to withdraw the lu 15 'from engagement with lthe slit 17 n n 7 prior to releasing the fiap 13 from engagement by the head 16. The head 16 can be disengaged only by drawing thev same outward from the handle 14 until the barbed extensions of the -head16 may be folded upward until they can pass the edge 19 of the opening in the flap. The fiap can then be bowed outward, until the lug 15 is withdrawn from the slit 17, thereby v,releasing the flap to permit it being upturned to the position shown in Figure 2 of the drawings. Y

l It will be understood that while the lug 15 has been shown and described as having straight sides corresponding to the cuts 20, this may be varied indefinltely by shaping ,the cuts 20 differently. Thus, if desired, the lug m15 may be provided with an enlarged end, the lateral extension of which would hold the lug within the said slit after the manner of the barbedhead 16. We have however-found the straight-sided lug sufficienit forall demands put upon it.

lClaims: v

l 1. A carry bag having a ,back and/front united to form an end openingieceptacle, said front having an extended fiap for closing the end of said receptacle; a reinforcing strip permanently attached to said flap" to form a stifiened area therein; a handle portion partially severed from said flap and reinforcing strip, to extend from the end edge of said front when said Hap is folded in service relation; means for holding said flap in service relation, said means embodying the body of the flap surrounding the opening formed by severing'- said handle portion, a portion of said back having lateral extensions for engaging the material surrounding said opening, and a detent on said back engaging said flap in service relation to prevent the separation thereof from contact with said back.

2. A carry bag having a back and front united to form an end open' g receptacle, said front having an e\tende flap for closing the end of said receptacle; a reinforcing strip permanently attached to said flap to form a stiffened area therein; a handle portion partially severed from said flap and reinforcing strip, to extend from the end edge of said front when said fiap is folded in service relation; means for holding said Hap in service relation, said means embodying the body of the fiap surrounding the opening formed by severing said handle portion, a portion of said back having lateral extensions for engaging the material surrounding said opening, and a tongue. member formed on said flap at the edge thereof for engaging` said back to hold said flap and back in contact.

3. A carry bag having a back and front united to form an end opening receptacle, said front having an extended iiap for closing said receptacle; a plurality of yeo-ordinated reinforcing members attached to said front and to said back, respectively; means for holding said flap in service folded l'elation to said receptacle, said means embodying a barbed head and opening adapted to have said head passed therethrough, said head and opening being formed in said back and flap, the lateral ends of said head extending beyond the edges of said opening to obstruct the Withdrawal of said head from said opening; and means uniting the free edge of said fiapand the body of said back when the fiap is in folded service relation.

4. A carry bag having a back and front 'united to form an end opening receptacle,

said front having an extended Hap for closing` vsaid receptacle; a plurality of co-ordinated reinforcing members attached to said front and to said back, respectively; means for holding said liap in service folded relation to said receptacle, said means en'ibodying a barbed head and opening adapted to have said head passed therethrough, said head and opening beingformed in said back and flap, the lateral ends of said head extending beyond the edges of said opening to obstruct the withdrawal of said head from said opening; and means-uniting the free edge of said flap and the body of said back when the-flap is in folded service relation,

said means embodying a tongue formedat the edge of said flap, and a slit formed in said back, said tongue being adapted for extension through said slit to-be held thereby.

CHARLES P. KLEEBAUER. ROBERT M. LAC-KEY. 

